STAND. COM. REP. NO. 655

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 966

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 966 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 1, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CHANGE THE AGE QUALIFICATION FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FROM THE AGE OF THIRTY YEARS TO THE AGE OF TWENTY‑FIVE YEARS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend article V, section 1, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to lower the age qualification for the office of governor and lieutenant governor from thirty years to twenty-five years.  The age qualification for the office of lieutenant governor is automatically lowered to the same age qualification as the governor because of article V, section 2 of the Constitution.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Teachers Association, the League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Vote Outreach! Hawaii, and numerous concerned citizens. 

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will encourage Hawaii's younger citizens to apply their skills, abilities, and accomplishments toward making a difference through the political process.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 966 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair